I'm very much looking forward to retiring one day -- and collecting Social Security benefits, after paying into the system ...

Measured year-over year, September’s core CPI was up by 3.0 percent, and has been above three percent for three months.

The 2026 Social Security COLA will be higher than the 2.5% increase retirees received this year. However, 94% of older Americans think their 2025 "raise" was too low, according to a survey conducted ...

Americans are paying significantly more for these food staples, price inflation data shows. Will inflation ever relent?

Consumer prices rose 0.4% last month after increasing 0.2% in July, the largest increase in seven months. The Consumer Price Index, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a common measure of ...

How does inflation actually work? Prices continually increase over time, but why? And why do they never decrease? When the Labor Department releases the monthly consumer price index, the question is ...

The inflation rate is not zero; it’s currently at 2.9% year over year. That’s higher than the Fed’s 2% "price stability" target. The inflation rate also has been rising for the past four months. See ...

Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

Now that the Federal Reserve has signaled lower interest rates are likely to come in the next month or so, attention will turn back to the underlying health of the economy. That will be clearer this ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in nearly 1-1/2 years in January, with Americans facing higher costs for a range of goods and services, reinforcing the ...